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Introduction
The ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction) qualification provides
a nationally recognised qualification for those working in piling operations in the
construction industry. Candidates can follow one of 2 Pathways relating to their work roles:
Pathway 1: Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Piling Rig Operator)
Pathway 2: Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Piling Operative)
The awarding body for this qualification is ProQual Awarding Body (www.proqualab.com)
and the regulatory body is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual);
It is also endorsed by the sector body for construction – CITB.
The qualification has been accredited onto the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
and is published on Ofqual’s Register of Qualifications.
Qualification Profile
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
Qualification title ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations
(Construction)
Ofqual qualification number 603/0045/0
Level 2
Total Qualification Time 510 hours (245 GLH)
Assessment
Pass or fail
Internally assessed and verified by centre staff
External quality assurance by ProQual verifiers
Qualification start date 1/7/16
Qualification end date
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
Centres should carry out an initial assessment of candidate skills and knowledge to identify
any gaps and help plan the assessment.
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Qualification Structure
To achieve the qualification candidates must complete the five Mandatory units for both of
the Pathways plus the required Mandatory or Optional Units from one of the Pathways.
Candidates may complete any of the Additional Units but these will not count towards the
qualification.
CITB references and credit values are provided in this document for information only.
Mandatory units for all Pathways (this information is also included in the Pathway details from page
5).
Mandatory Units for all Pathways CITB references and credit values
provided for information only
Unit Ref. Title Level Credit
Value
CITB
Internal
Unit Ref.
CITB RITS
Unit Ref.
A/615/0055 Contributing to the piling operation in
the workplace
2 24 235v2 Y/503/2522
A/508/6525 Slinging and hand signalling the
movement of suspended loads in the
workplace
2 10 402Av1 R/506/3929
M/508/6537 Conforming to general health, safety
and welfare in the workplace
1 2 641 A/503/1170
T/508/6538 Conforming to productive working
practices in the workplace
2 3 642 J/503/1169
Y/508/6533 Moving, handling and storing
resources in the workplace
2 5 643 F/503/1171
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Pathways
There are 2 Pathways, the Mandatory/Optional unit requirements for each are listed below.
Pathway 1: Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Piling Rig Operator)
Pathway 2: Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Piling Operative)
Pathway 1 : Piling Rig Operator
Candidates must complete 7 Mandatory units.
Mandatory Units CITB references and credit values
provided for information only
Unit Ref. Title Level Credit
Value
CITB
Internal
Unit Ref.
CITB RITS
Unit Ref.
A/615/0055 Contributing to the piling operation in
the workplace
2 24 235v2 Y/503/2522
A/508/6525 Slinging and hand signalling the
movement of suspended loads in the
workplace
2 10 402Av1 R/506/3929
M/508/6537 Conforming to general health, safety
and welfare in the workplace
1 2 641 A/503/1170
T/508/6538 Conforming to productive working
practices in the workplace
2 3 642 J/503/1169
Y/508/6533 Moving, handling and storing
resources in the workplace
2 5 643 F/503/1171
F/615/0056 Carrying out checks and/or basic
maintenance on plant or machinery in
the workplace
2 8 299 J/600/7111
J/615/0057 Operating piling rigs to construct and
form in the workplace
2 52 390Bv2 H/506/6589
Candidates may also complete any of the Additional units listed on page 9 but these will not
count towards the qualification.
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Pathway 2 : Piling Rig Operative
Candidates must complete 5 Mandatory units, plus 1 Optional unit. Candidates may also
complete any of the Additional Units but these will not count towards the qualification.
Mandatory Units – complete ALL units CITB references and credit values
provided for information only
Unit Ref. Title Level Credit
Value
CITB
Internal
Unit Ref.
CITB RITS Unit
Ref.
A/615/0055 Contributing to the piling operation in the
workplace
2 24 235v2 Y/503/2522
A/508/6525 Slinging and hand signalling the
movement of suspended loads in the
workplace
2 10 402Av1 R/506/3929
M/508/6537 Conforming to general health, safety and
welfare in the workplace
1 2 641 A/503/1170
T/508/6538 Conforming to productive working
practices in the workplace
2 3 642 J/503/1169
Y/508/6533 Moving, handling and storing resources in
the workplace
2 5 643 F/503/1171
Optional Units – complete ONE unit CITB references and credit values
provided for information only
Unit Ref. Title Level Credit
Value
CITB
Internal
Unit Ref.
CITB RITS Unit
Ref.
Y/615/0113 Allocating and monitoring the use of
plant, machinery or equipment in the
workplace
2 9 214v2 T/503/2740
D/615/0114 Carrying out mud, slurry or fluid plant
operations in the workplace
2 26 233 L/600/7112
K/615/0116 Carrying out tremie operations in the
workplace
2 26 236v2 F/503/2546
M/615/0117 Guiding the piling rig for the formation of
piles in the workplace
2 22 239v2 T/503/2546
M/508/6571 Preparing and operating 180 degree
excavators to extract and excavate ground
and loose materials in the workplace
2 80 388Bv3 T/506/4619
D/508/6498 Preparing and operating wheeled loading
shovels to extract loose materials in the
workplace
2 26 388Cv3 M/506/4621
T/508/6572 Preparing and operating tracked loading
shovels to extract ground and loose
materials in the workplace
2 80 388Dv3 F/506/4623
H/508/6499 Preparing and operating skid steer loaders
to extract loose materials in the workplace
2 20 388Ev3 A/506/4624
J/508/6575 Preparing and operating 360 degree
excavators to extract ground, face and/or
loose materials in the workplace
2 80 388Jv3 D/506/4629
A/508/6587 Preparing and operating powered units,
tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment in the workplace
2 7 400v2 F/506/2672
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Additional Units
Candidates may complete any of the Additional Units but these will not count towards the
qualification.
Additional Units for All Pathways CITB references and credit values
provided for information only
Unit Ref. Title Level Credit
Value
CITB
Internal
Unit Ref.
CITB RITS
Unit Ref.
H/508/6566 Preparing and operating crawler cranes
(above 10 tonnes) to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
2 80 387Bv2 D/506/4601
M/508/6568 Preparing and operating mobile cranes to
lift and transfer loads in the workplace
2 95 387Dv2 K/506/4603
M/508/6490 Preparing and operating rough terrain
masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
2 18 387Hv2 F/506/4607
F/508/6493 Preparing and operating telescopic
handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
2 25 387Lv2 F/506/4610
D/508/6484 Preparing and operating lorry loaders or
knuckle booms to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
2 30 387Qv2 R/506/4613
H/508/6485 Preparing and operating skip handlers to
lift and transfer loads in the workplace
2 18 387Rv2 Y/506/4614
Y/508/6578 Preparing and operating 360 degree
excavators to excavate ground in the
workplace
2 80 389Cv3 H/506/4728
H/508/6583 Preparing and operating truck-mounted
boom concrete pumps to receive, pump
and discharge materials in the workplace
2 70 391Av3 F/506/4641
R/508/6501
Preparing and operating forward tipping
dumpers to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
2 16 391Bv3 J/506/4642
Y/508/6502 Preparing and operating rear tipping
dump trucks to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
2 30 391Cv3 L/506/4643
H/508/6504 Preparing and operating trailer-mounted
concrete pumps to receive, pump and
discharge materials in the workplace
2 18 391Ev3 M/506/5087
F/508/6588 Erecting and dismantling plant (cranes
and rigs) in the workplace
2 36 404v2 R/506/4675
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Centre Requirements
Centres must be approved to offer this qualification. If your centre is not approved please
complete and submit form ProQual Additional Qualification Approval Application.
Staff
Staff delivering this qualification must be appropriately qualified and/or occupationally
competent.
Assessors/Internal Quality Assurance
Assessors for each unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient
depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Assessors and internal quality assurance verifiers for competence-based units or
qualifications will normally need to hold appropriate assessor or internal quality assurance
qualifications.
Support for Candidates
Materials produced by centres to support candidates should:
- enable them to track their achievements as they progress through the learning
outcomes and assessment criteria;
- provide information on where ProQual’s policies and procedures can be viewed;
- provide a means of enabling Internal and External Quality Assurance staff to
authenticate evidence
Links to National Standards / NOS mapping
National Occupational Standards (NOS) are owned by a Sector Skills Council or Standard
Setting Body and they describe the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to
undertake a particular task or job at different levels of competence.
The structure and units of this qualification are based on NOS for the construction sector
developed by CITB.
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Assessment
This qualification is competence-based, candidates must demonstrate the level of
competence described in the units. Assessment is the process of measuring a candidate’s
skill, knowledge and understanding against the standards set in the qualification.
The qualifications must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with the
ConstructionSkills’ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment, and it must be internally assessed by an appropriately experienced and
qualified assessor.
Each candidate is required to produce a portfolio of evidence which demonstrates their
achievement of all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.
Evidence can include: – observation report by assessor
– assignments/projects/reports
– professional discussion
– witness testimony
– candidate product
– worksheets
– record of oral and written questioning
– Recognition of Prior Learning
Learning outcomes set out what a candidate is expected to know, understand or be able to
do.
Assessment criteria specify the standard a candidate must meet to show the learning
outcome has been achieved.
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria can be found from page 12.
Additional information for assessment and requirements for unit endorsements where
relevant is included after all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.
Internal Quality Assurance
An internal quality assurance verifier confirms that assessment decisions made in centres
are made by competent and qualified assessors, that they are the result of sound and fair
assessment practice and that they are recorded accurately and appropriately.
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Adjustments to Assessment
Adjustments to standard assessment arrangements are made on the individual needs of
candidates. ProQual’s Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Special Consideration Policy sets
out the steps to follow when implementing reasonable adjustments and special
considerations and the service that ProQual provides for some of these arrangements.
Centres should contact ProQual for further information or queries about the contents of the
policy.
Results Enquiries and Appeals
All enquiries relating to assessment or other decisions should be dealt with by centres, with
reference to ProQual’s Enquiries and Appeals Procedures.
Certification
Candidates who achieve the requirements for this qualification will be awarded:
- A certificate listing all units achieved, and
- A certificate giving the full qualification title –
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
Claiming certificates
Centres may claim certificates for candidates who have been registered with ProQual and
who have successfully achieved the qualification. All certificates will be issued to the centre
for successful candidates.
Unit certificates
If a candidate does not achieve all of the units required for a qualification, the centre may
claim a unit certificate for the candidate which will list all of the units achieved.
Replacement certificates
If a replacement certificate is required a request must be made to ProQual in writing.
Replacement certificates are labelled as such and are only provided when the claim has
been authenticated. Refer to the Fee Schedule for details of charges for replacement
certificates.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Unit Number: M/508/6537
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Comply with all workplace
health, safety and welfare
legislation requirements.
1.1 Comply with information from workplace inductions
and any health, safety and welfare briefings attended
relevant to the occupational area.
1.2 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry
out the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements.
1.3 Comply with statutory requirements, safety notices and
warning notices displayed within the workplace and/or
on equipment.
1.4 State why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used
relating to types, purpose and limitations of each type, the
work situation, occupational use and the general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
1.5 State how the health and safety control equipment relevant
to the work should be used in accordance with the given
instructions.
1.6 State which types of health, safety and welfare legislation,
notices and warning signs are relevant to the occupational
area and associated equipment.
1.7 State why health, safety and welfare legislation, notices and
warning signs are relevant to the occupational area.
1.8 State how to comply with control measures that have been
identified by risk assessments and safe systems of work.
2 Recognise hazards
associated with the
workplace that have not
been previously controlled
and report them in
accordance with
organisational procedures.
2.1 Report any hazards created by changing circumstances
within the workplace in accordance with organisational
procedures.
2.2 List typical hazards associated with the work environment
and occupational area in relation to resources, substances,
asbestos, equipment, obstructions, storage, services and
work activities.
2.3 List the current Health and Safety Executive top ten safety
risks.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
2 continued 2.4 List the current Health and Safety Executive top five
health risks.
2.5 State how changing circumstances within the workplace
could cause hazards.
2.6 State the methods used for reporting changed
circumstances, hazards and incidents in the workplace.
3 Comply with organisational
policies and procedures to
contribute to health, safety
and welfare.
3.1 Interpret and comply with given instructions to maintain
safe systems of work and quality working practices.
3.2 Contribute to discussions by offering/providing
feedback relating to health, safety and welfare.
3.3 Contribute to the maintenance of workplace welfare
facilities in accordance with workplace welfare
procedures.
3.4 Safely store health and safety control equipment in
accordance with given instructions.
3.5 Dispose of waste and/or consumable items in
accordance with legislation.
3.6 State the organisational policies and procedures for
health, safety and welfare, in relation to:
– dealing with accidents and emergencies associated
with the work and environment
– methods of receiving or sourcing information
– reporting
– stopping work
– evacuation
– fire risks and safe exit procedures
– consultation and feedback.
3.7 State the appropriate types of fire extinguishers
relevant to the work.
3.8 State how and when the different types of fire
extinguishers are used in accordance with legislation
and official guidance.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Work responsibly to
contribute to workplace
health, safety and welfare
whilst carrying out work in
the relevant occupational
area.
4.1 Demonstrate behaviour which shows personal
responsibility for general workplace health, safety and
welfare.
4.2 State how personal behaviour demonstrates
responsibility for general workplace health, safety and
welfare, in relation to:
– recognising when to stop work in the face of serious
and imminent danger to self and/or others
– contributing to discussions and providing feedback
– reporting changed circumstances and incidents in
the workplace
– complying with the environmental requirements of
the workplace.
4.3 Give examples of how the behaviour and actions of
individuals could affect others within the workplace.
5 Comply with and support all
organisational security
arrangements and approved
procedures.
5.1 Provide appropriate support for security arrangements
in accordance with approved procedures:
– during the working day
– on completion of the day’s work
– for unauthorised personnel (other operatives and
the general public)
– for theft.
5.2 State how security arrangements are implemented in
relation to the workplace, the general public, site
personnel and resources.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector Subject Area 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit guided learning hours 7
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Title: Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
Unit Number: T/508/6538
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Communicate with others to
establish productive work
practices.
1.1 Communicate in an appropriate manner with line
management, colleagues and/or customers to ensure
that work is carried out productively.
1.2 Describe the different methods of communicating with
line management, colleagues and customers.
1.3 Describe how to use different methods of
communication to ensure that the work carried out is
productive.
2 Follow organisational
procedures to plan the
sequence of work.
2.1 Interpret relevant information from organisational
procedures in order to plan the sequence of work.
2.2 Plan the sequence of work, using appropriate
resources, in accordance with organisational
procedures to ensure work is completed productively.
2.3 Describe how organisational procedures are applied to
ensure work is planned and carried out productively, in
relation to:
– using resources for own and other’s work requirements
– allocating appropriate work to employees
– organising the work sequence
– reducing carbon emissions.
2.4 Describe how to contribute to zero/low carbon work
outcomes within the built environment.
3 Maintain relevant records in
accordance with the
organisational procedures.
3.1 Complete relevant documentation according to the
occupation as required by the organisation.
3.2 Describe how to complete and maintain documentation in
accordance with organisational procedures, in relation to:
– job cards
– worksheets
– material/resource lists
– time sheets.
3.3 Explain the reasons for ensuring documentation is
completed clearly and within given timescales.
4 Maintain good working
relationships when
conforming to productive
working practices.
4.1 Carry out work productively, to the agreed
specification, in conjunction with line management,
colleagues, customers and/or other relevant people
involved in the work to maintain good working
relationships.
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Title: Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
Unit Number: Y/508/6533
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Comply with given
information when moving,
handling and/or storing
resources.
1.1 Interpret the given information relating to moving,
handling and/or storing resources, relevant to the given
occupation.
1.2 Interpret the given information relating to the use and
storage of lifting aids and equipment.
1.3 Describe the different types of technical, product and
regulatory information, their source and how they are
interpreted.
1.4 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.5 Describe how to obtain information relating to using and
storing lifting aids and equipment.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and
official guidance when
moving, handling and/or
storing resources.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation and
official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, in confined spaces, below ground level,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for
tools, equipment and personal belongings in relation to
site, workplace, company and operative.
2.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and
who is responsible for making the reports.
2.4 State the appropriate types of fire extinguishers relevant
to the work.
2.5 Describe how and when the different types of fire
extinguishers, relevant to the given occupation, are used
in accordance with legislation and official guidance.
3 Maintain safe working
practices when moving,
handling and/or storing
resources.
3.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry
out the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements when moving, handling
and/or storing resources.
3.2 Use lifting aids safely as appropriate to the work.
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Title: Allocating and monitoring the use of plant, machinery or equipment in the
workplace
Unit Number: Y/615/0113
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Confirm the plant,
machinery or equipment for
the workplace and allocate
it to the operations.
1.1 Identify and allocate the required type(s) of plant,
machinery or equipment needed for the specific
operations.
1.2 Explain how to check the following types of plant,
machinery or equipment in the workplace for condition
and allocate to suitable operations:
– static and mobile
– standard/non-standard
– electro-mechanical and electronic
– hand tools
– consumables
– health and safety equipment.
2 Identify and assess health
and safety risks and
implement working
practices and other
safeguards to minimise risks
involving the use of plant,
machinery or equipment.
2.1 Assess any health and safety risks for the work being
carried out.
2.2 Implement safe working practices and other safeguards
for the work being carried out.
2.3 Carry out appropriate checks to ensure the operator
holds the relevant authorisation to operate plant,
machinery or equipment.
2.4 Explain how to identify what health and safety risks
there are, in relation to:
– operators
– other personnel in the workplace
– members of the public
– workplace visitors
– owners of adjoining property
– environment.
2.5 Explain the methods used to assess any health and
safety risks for the working being carried out.
2.6 Explain how to implement safe working practices and
other safeguards to minimise risks.
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Title: Allocating and monitoring the use of plant, machinery or equipment in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 Inform decision makers
where plant,
machinery or
equipment is
unsuitable for use in
the workplace when
allocating and
monitoring.
3.1 Advise relevant decision makers where plant, machinery or
equipment is deemed unsuitable and suggest alternatives for
the type of work.
3.2 Explain methods that can be used to inform relevant decision
makers when plant, machinery or equipment is unsuitable for
use within the workplace, in regards to failing to meet:
– operational efficiency
– health and safety
– competence requirements
– authorisation
– reliability
– usage requirements.
4 Provide accurate
instructions for the use
of plant, machinery or
equipment to operators
when allocating and
monitoring and ensure
safe use.
4.1 Instruct operators and users on the safe and correct use of
plant, machinery or equipment using manufacturer’s
instructions and official guidance.
4.2 Monitor the plant, machinery or equipment to ensure it is
being used or operated safely in accordance with given
instructions.
4.3 Explain different methods and sources to provide accurate
instructions for the use of plant, machinery or equipment to
those using, or affected by, plant operations.
4.4 Describe suitable ways of monitoring safe use of plant,
machinery or equipment.
4.5 Explain methods used to inform relevant decision makers
when an operator is deemed unsuitable for the safe use of
plant, machinery or equipment.
5 Inform decision makers
promptly when plant,
machinery or
equipment is no longer
required.
5.1 Provide relevant information to decision makers on the
return of plant, machinery or equipment promptly following
the completion of the work.
5.2 Explain the methods used to inform relevant decision makers
when plant, machinery or equipment is no longer required.
5.3 Summarise the types of information given to decision makers
when arranging for the return of plant, machinery or
equipment.
5.4 Explain why decision makers should be informed promptly
when plant, machinery or equipment is no longer required.
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Title: Allocating and monitoring the use of plant, machinery or equipment in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with
the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
The following endorsement required (i.e. own area of work):
Piling operative
Plus one of the following endorsements required:
Mobile crane
Crawler crane
Piling rig
Sector Subject Areas 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit Value 9
Unit guided learning
hours
30
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Title: Contributing to the piling operation in the workplace
Unit Number: A/615/0055
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
work and resources when
contributing to the piling
operation.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from
drawings, instructions, specifications, schedules,
method statements, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived
from risk assessments and method statement.
1.3 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and
how they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, instructions, specifications, schedules
method statements, risk assessments,
manufacturers’ information, tool box talks, daily
briefings, certificates and permits.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and
official guidance when
contributing to the piling
operation.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation
and official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined
spaces, at height, with tools and equipment, with
materials and substances, with movement/storage
of materials and by manual handling and mechanical
lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for
tools, equipment and personal belongings in relation to
site, workplace, company and operative.
2.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and
who is responsible for making reports.
2.4 State the types of fire extinguishers available when
contributing to piling operations and describe how and
when they are used.
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Title: Contributing to the piling operation in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 Maintain safe working
practices when contributing
to the piling operation.
3.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry
out the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements when contributing to the
piling operation.
3.2 Explain why and when health and safety control
equipment, identified by the principles of protection,
should be used, relating to contributing to the piling
operation, and the types, purpose and limitations of
each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
3.3 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
instructions.
3.4 State how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and
personal skills when involved with fires, spillages,
injuries and other task-related hazards.
4 Select the required quantity
and quality of resources for
the methods of work to
contribute to the piling
operation.
4.1 Select resources associated with own work in relation to
materials, components, fixings, tools and equipment.
4.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources in
relation to:
– plant
– hand and/or powered tools, machinery and ancillary
equipment.
4.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly
and how problems associated with the resources are
reported.
4.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
4.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the
resources and method of work.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Contributing to the piling operation in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and
surrounding area when
contributing to the piling
operation.
5.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage
in accordance with safe working practices and
organisational procedures.
5.2 Minimise damage and maintain a clean work space.
5.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with legislation.
5.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the
purpose of protection in relation to general workplace
activities, others involved with the work and adverse
weather conditions.
5.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out
safely in accordance with environmental
responsibilities, organisational procedures,
manufacturers’ information, statutory regulations and
official guidance.
6 Complete the work within
the allocated time when
contributing to the piling
operation.
6.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the
allocated time.
6.2 State the purpose of the work programme and explain
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated
times
– organisational procedures for reporting
circumstances which will affect the work
programme.
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Contributing to the piling operation in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
7 Comply with the given
contract information to
contribute to the piling
operation to the required
specification.
7.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when
contributing to the piling operation:
– measuring, communicating, preparing, positioning,
fitting, securing, removing, cleaning and
maintaining.
7.2 Install, or contribute to the installation of, bored and/or
driven piles and/or specialist works to given working
instructions, using one of the following methods:
– sheet piling
– driven piling
– rotary bored kelly bar piling
– driven cast-in-situ piling
– sectional auger piling (mini piling)
– continuous flight auger piling
– displacement flight auger
– slurry walling
– tripod piling
– vibro piling
– diaphragm walling.
7.3 Safely use materials, hand tools, machinery and ancillary
equipment.
7.4 Safely store the materials, tools and equipment used
when contributing to the piling operation.
7.5 Describe how to apply safe work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish the authority
needed to rectify them, to:
– install, or contribute to the installation of, piles
using one of the following methods: sheet piling;
driven piling; rotary bored kelly bar piling; driven
cast-in-situ piling; sectional auger piling (mini
piling); continuous flight auger piling; displacement
flight auger piling; slurry walling; tripod piling; vibro
piling; diaphragm walling
– use hand tools, machinery and ancillary equipment.
7.6 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when
contributing to the piling operation.
7.7 Describe how to maintain the tools, machinery and
equipment used when contributing to the piling
operation.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
24
Title: Contributing to the piling operation in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector Subject Area 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit Value 24
Unit guided learning hours 155
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
25
Title: Carrying out mud, slurry or fluid plant operations in the workplace
Unit Number: D/615/0113
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
work and resources when
carrying out mud, slurry or
fluid plant operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract information from drawings,
instructions, method statements, specifications,
schedules and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived
from risk assessments and method statement.
1.3 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and
how they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, instructions, specifications, method
statements, schedules and manufacturers’
information.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and
official guidance when
carrying out mud, slurry or
fluid plant operations.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation
and official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, at height, with
tools and equipment, with materials and substances,
with movement/storage of materials and by manual
handling and mechanical lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for
tools, equipment and personal belongings in relation to
site, workplace, company and operative.
2.3 State what the accident reporting procedures are and
who is responsible for making reports.
3 Maintain safe working
practices when carrying out
mud, slurry or fluid plant
operations.
3.1 Use personal protective equipment (PPE) safely to carry
out the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements when carrying out mud,
slurry or fluid plant operations.
3.2 Explain why and when personal protective equipment
(PPE) should be used, relating to carrying out mud,
slurry or fluid plant operations and the types, purpose
and limitations of each type.
3.3 State how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and
personal skills when involved with fires, spillages,
injuries and other task-related hazards.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Carrying out mud, slurry or fluid plant operations in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Select the required quantity
and quality of resources for
the methods of work to
carrying out mud, slurry or
fluid plant operations.
4.1 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, limitations
and defects associated with the resources in relation to:
– mud, slurry or fluid plant
– hand and/or powered tools and equipment.
4.2 Select resources associated with own work in relation to
materials, components, fixings, tools, plant and ancillary
equipment.
4.3 State how the resources should be used correctly, how
problems associated with the resources are reported
and how the organisational procedures are used.
4.4 Outline potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
4.5 Describe how to calculate quantity, length, area and
wastage associated with the method/procedure to carry
out mud, slurry or fluid plant operations.
5 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and
surrounding area when
carrying out mud, slurry or
fluid plant operations.
5.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage.
5.2 Minimise damage and maintain a clean work space.
5.3 Describe how to protect work from damage and the
purpose of protection in relation to general workplace
activities, others involved with the work and adverse
weather conditions.
5.4 Dispose of waste in accordance with legislation.
5.5 State why the disposal of waste should be carried out in
relation to the work.
6 Complete the work within
the allocated time when
carrying out mud, slurry or
fluid plant operations.
6.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the
allocated time.
6.2 State the purpose of the work programme and explain
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated
times
– organisational procedures for reporting
circumstances which will affect the work
programme.
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
27
Title: Carrying out mud, slurry or fluid plant operations in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
7 Comply with the given
contract information to
carry out mud, slurry or
fluid plant operations to the
required specification.
7.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when carrying out
mud, slurry or fluid plant operations:
– preparing, setting up, connecting, checking,
maintaining, mixing, monitoring, testing, pumping,
cleaning, adjusting, and recording.
7.2 Install, operate and maintain mud, slurry or fluid plant
to given working instructions in one of the following
operations:
– piling
– tunnelling
– drilling.
7.3 Describe how to apply safe work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish the authority
needed to rectify them, to:
– prepare the area allocated for the plant and ancillary
equipment
– set up, assemble and check the integrity of plant and
ancillary equipment, including the connection of
hoses, valves and items of plant for delivery,
extraction, recycling and disposal of mud, slurry or
fluids
– mix mud, slurry or fluids in accordance with
manufacturer’s recommendations
– monitor the pumping process and make appropriate
adjustments in order to maintain operational
efficiency
– test the viscosity and density of the mud, slurry or
fluid
– complete records of the process
– use hand tools, power tools, plant and ancillary
equipment.
7.4 Safely use and store hand tools, plant and ancillary
equipment.
7.5 State the needs of other occupations and how to
communicate within a team when carrying out mud,
slurry or fluid plant operations.
7.6 Describe how to maintain the tools, plant and
equipment used when carrying out mud, slurry or fluid
plant operations.
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Carrying out mud, slurry or fluid plant operations in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with
the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
The following endorsement required (i.e. own area of work):
Piling operations
Sector Subject Area 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit Value 26
Unit guided learning
hours
52
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Carrying out tremie operations in the workplace
Unit Number: K/615/0116
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
work and resources when
carrying out tremie
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from
drawings, instructions, specifications, schedules,
method statements, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived
from risk assessments and method statement.
1.3 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and
how they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, instructions, specifications, schedules,
method statements, risk assessments,
manufacturers’ information, concrete pour records,
tool-box talks, daily briefings, certificates and
permits.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and
official guidance when
carrying out tremie
operations.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation
and official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined
spaces, at height, with tools and equipment, with
materials and substances, with movement/storage
of materials and by manual handling and mechanical
lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for
tools, equipment and personal belongings in relation to
site, workplace, company and operative.
2.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and
who is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Carrying out tremie operations in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 Maintain safe working
practices when
carrying out tremie
operations.
3.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry out
the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements when carrying out tremie
operations.
3.2 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to carrying out tremie operations, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation
and general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
3.3 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
instructions.
3.4 State how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related hazards.
4 Select the required
quantity and quality of
resources for the
methods of work to
carrying out tremie
operations.
4.1 Select resources associated with own work in relation to
materials, components, fixings, tools and equipment.
4.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources in
relation to:
– tremie systems
– concrete
– hand and/or powered tools, machinery and ancillary
equipment.
4.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
4.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
4.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the
resources and method of work.
4.6 Describe how to determine quantity, length, volume and
wastage associated with the method/procedure to carry
out tremie operations.
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Carrying out tremie operations in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and
surrounding area when
carrying out tremie
operations.
5.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage
in accordance with safe working practices and
organisational procedures.
5.2 Minimise damage and maintain a clean work space.
5.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with legislation.
5.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the
purpose of protection in relation to general workplace
activities, others involved with the work and adverse
weather conditions.
5.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out
safely in accordance with environmental
responsibilities, organisational procedures,
manufacturers’ information, statutory regulations and
official guidance.
6 Complete the work within
the allocated time when
carrying out tremie
operations.
6.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the
allocated time.
6.2 State the purpose of the work programme and explain
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated
times
– organisational procedures for reporting
circumstances which will affect the work
programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
32
Title: Carrying out tremie operations in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
7 Comply with the given
contract information to
carry out tremie operations
to the required
specification.
7.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when carrying out
tremie operations:
– measuring, cleaning, inspecting, preparing,
assembling, fitting, sampling or inspecting,
positioning, placing, monitoring, extracting and
removing.
7.2 Place concrete using tremie systems, to given working
instructions, during one of the following piling
operations:
– cast-in-situ piling
– diaphragm walling.
7.3 Safely use materials, hand tools, machinery and ancillary
equipment.
7.4 Safely store the materials, tools and equipment used
when carrying out tremie operations.
7.5 Describe how to apply safe work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish the authority
needed to rectify them, to:
– contribute to the construction of specialist works by
placing concrete using tremie systems for cast-insitu piling or diaphragm walling
– handle displaced fluids
– guide lifting appliances
– use hand tools, power tools, machinery and ancillary
equipment.
7.6 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when carrying
out tremie operations.
7.7 Describe how to maintain the tools, machinery and
equipment used when carrying out tremie operations.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
33
Title: Carrying out tremie operations in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector Subject Area 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit Value 26
Unit guided learning hours 87
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
34
Title: Guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles in the workplace
Unit Number: M/615/0117
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
work and resources when
guiding the piling rig for the
formation of piles.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from
drawings, instructions, specifications, schedules,
method statements, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived
from risk assessments and method statement.
1.3 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and
how they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, instructions, specifications, schedules,
method statements, risk assessments,
manufacturers’ information, tool-box talks, daily
briefings, certificates and permits.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and
official guidance when
guiding the piling rig for the
formation of piles.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation
and official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined
spaces, at height, with tools and equipment, with
materials and substances, with movement/storage
of materials and by manual handling and mechanical
lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for
tools, equipment and personal belongings in relation to
site, workplace, company and operative.
2.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and
who is responsible for making reports.
2.4 State the types of fire extinguishers available when
guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles and
describe how and when they are used.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
35
Title: Guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 Maintain safe working
practices when guiding the
piling rig for the formation
of piles.
3.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry
out the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements when guiding the piling rig
for the formation of piles.
3.2 Explain why and when health and safety control
equipment, identified by the principles of protection,
should be used, relating to guiding the piling rig for the
formation of piles, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general
work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
3.3 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
instructions.
3.4 State how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and
personal skills when involved with fires, spillages,
injuries and other task-related hazards.
4 Select the required quantity
and quality of resources for
the methods of work to
guide the piling rig for the
formation of piles.
4.1 Select resources associated with own work in relation to
materials, components, fixings, tools and equipment.
4.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources in
relation to:
– plant, hand tools and/or powered tools, machinery
and ancillary equipment.
4.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly
and how problems associated with the resources are
reported.
4.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
4.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the
resources and method of work.
4.6 Describe how to determine quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedure to guide the
piling rig for the formation/installation of piles.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
36
Title: Guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and
surrounding area when
guiding the piling rig for the
formation of piles.
5.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage
in accordance with safe working practices and
organisational procedures.
5.2 Minimise damage and maintain a clean work space.
5.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with legislation.
5.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the
purpose of protection in relation to general workplace
activities, other occupations and adverse weather
conditions.
5.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out
safely in accordance with environmental
responsibilities, organisational procedures,
manufacturers’ information, statutory regulations and
official guidance.
6 Complete the work within
the allocated time when
guiding the piling rig for the
formation of piles.
6.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the
allocated time.
6.2 State the purpose of the work programme and explain
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
7 Comply with the given
contract information to
guide the piling rig for the
formation of piles to the
required specification.
7.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when guiding the
piling rig for the formation of piles:
– measure, position, secure, align, level and adjust.
7.2 Guide and monitor the piling rig for the formation
and/or installation of piles to given working instructions,
using one of the following methods:
– sheet piling
– driven piling
– rotary bored kelly bar piling
– driven cast-in-situ piling
– sectional auger piling (mini piling)
– continuous flight auger piling
– displacement flight auger
– slurry walling
– tripod piling
– vibro piling
– diaphragm walling.
7.3 Safely use materials, hand tools and ancillary
equipment.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
7 continued 7.4 Safely store the materials, tools and equipment used
when guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles.
7.5 Describe how to apply safe work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish the authority
needed to rectify them, to:
– identify the sequence of work
– ensure piling rig is positioned in accordance with
setting-out points
– guide, align, level and check the bore or drive
position for one of the following methods: sheet
piling, driven piling, rotary bored kelly bar piling,
driven cast-in-situ piling, sectional auger piling (mini
piling), continuous flight augur piling, displacement
flight auger piling, slurry walling, tripod piling, vibro
piling and diaphragm walling.
7.6 Describe how to apply safe work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish the authority
needed to rectify them, to:
– monitor and adjust the rake of the hole or pile
– record information
– fit and remove piling rig ancillaries
– prepare, position and place reinforcement steel
and/or other components
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– work at height.
7.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when guiding
the piling rig for the formation of piles.
7.8 Describe how to maintain the tools and equipment used
when guiding the piling rig for the formation of piles.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
38
Title: Guiding the Piling Rig for the Formation of Piles in the Workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with
the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Sheet piling
Driven piling
Rotary bored kelly bar piling
Driven cast-in-situ piling
Sectional auger piling (mini piling)
Continuous flight auger piling
Displacement flight auger
Slurry walling
Tripod piling
Vibro piling
Diaphragm walling
Sector Subject Area 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit Value 22
Unit guided learning
hours
73
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
39
Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace
Unit Number: M/508/6537
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Comply with all workplace
health, safety and welfare
legislation requirements.
1.1 Comply with information from workplace inductions and any
health, safety and welfare briefings attended relevant to the
occupational area.
1.2 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry out
the activity in accordance with legislation and organisational
requirements.
1.3 Comply with statutory requirements, safety notices and
warning notices displayed within the workplace and/or on
equipment.
1.4 State why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used
relating to types, purpose and limitations of each type, the
work situation, occupational use and the general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
1.5 State how the health and safety control equipment relevant
to the work should be used in accordance with the given
instructions.
1.6 State which types of health, safety and welfare legislation,
notices and warning signs are relevant to the occupational
area and associated equipment.
1.7 State why health, safety and welfare legislation, notices and
warning signs are relevant to the occupational area.
1.8 State how to comply with control measures that have been
identified by risk assessments and safe systems of work.
2 Recognise hazards associated
with the workplace that have
not been previously controlled
and report them in accordance
with organisational
procedures.
2.1 Report any hazards created by changing circumstances within
the workplace in accordance with organisational procedures.
2.2 List typical hazards associated with the work environment
and occupational area in relation to resources, substances,
asbestos, equipment, obstructions, storage, services and
work activities.
2.3 List the current Health and Safety Executive top ten safety
risks.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
2 continued 2.4 List the current Health and Safety Executive top five
health risks.
2.5 State how changing circumstances within the workplace
could cause hazards.
2.6 State the methods used for reporting changed
circumstances, hazards and incidents in the workplace.
3 Comply with organisational
policies and procedures to
contribute to health, safety
and welfare.
3.1 Interpret and comply with given instructions to maintain
safe systems of work and quality working practices.
3.2 Contribute to discussions by offering/providing
feedback relating to health, safety and welfare.
3.3 Contribute to the maintenance of workplace welfare
facilities in accordance with workplace welfare
procedures.
3.4 Safely store health and safety control equipment in
accordance with given instructions.
3.5 Dispose of waste and/or consumable items in
accordance with legislation.
3.6 State the organisational policies and procedures for
health, safety and welfare, in relation to:
– dealing with accidents and emergencies associated
with the work and environment
– methods of receiving or sourcing information
– reporting
– stopping work
– evacuation
– fire risks and safe exit procedures
– consultation and feedback.
3.7 State the appropriate types of fire extinguishers
relevant to the work.
3.8 State how and when the different types of fire
extinguishers are used in accordance with legislation
and official guidance.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Work responsibly to
contribute to workplace
health, safety and welfare
whilst carrying out work in
the relevant occupational
area.
4.1 Demonstrate behaviour which shows personal
responsibility for general workplace health, safety and
welfare.
4.2 State how personal behaviour demonstrates
responsibility for general workplace health, safety and
welfare, in relation to:
– recognising when to stop work in the face of serious
and imminent danger to self and/or others
– contributing to discussions and providing feedback
– reporting changed circumstances and incidents in
the workplace
– complying with the environmental requirements of
the workplace.
4.3 Give examples of how the behaviour and actions of
individuals could affect others within the workplace.
5 Comply with and support all
organisational security
arrangements and approved
procedures.
5.1 Provide appropriate support for security arrangements
in accordance with approved procedures:
– during the working day
– on completion of the day’s work
– for unauthorised personnel (other operatives and
the general public)
– for theft.
5.2 State how security arrangements are implemented in
relation to the workplace, the general public, site
personnel and resources.
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Title: Conforming to general health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector Subject Area 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit value 2
Unit guided learning hours 7
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Title: Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
Unit Number : T/508/6538
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Communicate with others to
establish productive work
practices.
1.1 Communicate in an appropriate manner with line
management, colleagues and/or customers to ensure that
work is carried out productively.
1.2 Describe the different methods of communicating with line
management, colleagues and customers.
1.3 Describe how to use different methods of communication to
ensure that the work carried out is productive.
2 Follow organisational
procedures to plan the
sequence of work.
2.1 Interpret relevant information from organisational
procedures in order to plan the sequence of work.
2.2 Plan the sequence of work, using appropriate resources, in
accordance with organisational procedures to ensure work is
completed productively.
2.3 Describe how organisational procedures are applied to
ensure work is planned and carried out productively, in
relation to:
– using resources for own and other’s work requirements
– allocating appropriate work to employees
– organising the work sequence
– reducing carbon emissions.
2.4 Describe how to contribute to zero/low carbon work
outcomes within the built environment.
3 Maintain relevant records in
accordance with the
organisational procedures.
3.1 Complete relevant documentation according to the
occupation as required by the organisation.
3.2 Describe how to complete and maintain documentation in
accordance with organisational procedures, in relation to:
– job cards
– worksheets
– material/resource lists
– time sheets.
3.3 Explain the reasons for ensuring documentation is completed
clearly and within given timescales.
4 Maintain good working
relationships when conforming
to productive working
practices.
4.1 Carry out work productively, to the agreed specification, in
conjunction with line management, colleagues, customers
and/or other relevant people involved in the work to
maintain good working relationships.
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Title: Conforming to productive working practices in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4.2 Apply the principles of equality and diversity and respect
the needs of individuals when communicating and
working with others.
4.3 Describe how to maintain good working relationships, in
relation to:
– individuals
– customer and operative
– operative and line management
– own and other occupations.
4.4 Describe why it is important to work effectively with line
management, colleagues and customers.
4.5 Describe how working relationships could have an effect
on productive working.
4.6 Describe how to apply principles of equality and diversity
when communicating and working with others.
Title: Conforming to Productive Working Practices in the Workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector Subject Areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 3
Unit guided learning hours 10
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Title: Preparing and operating telescopic handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Unit Number: F/508/6493
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of
telescopic handlers to lift,
transfer and place loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, method statements, lift plans, risk
assessments and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of telescopic
handlers to lift and transfer loads.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which lifting operations using
telescopic handlers are to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
telescopic handler operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when lifting and
transferring loads using
telescopic handlers.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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Title: Preparing and operating telescopic handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
lifting operations using
telescopic handlers.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during lifting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out telescopic handler operations in
relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use and storage of lifting accessories
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to telescopic handler use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out telescopic
handler operations.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with telescopic
handlers in relation to consumables, materials, tools,
ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and lifting accessories
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
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Title: Preparing and operating telescopic handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, pressure, quantity, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to lift and
transfer loads using telescopic handlers.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
lifting and transferring loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and lifting and transferring
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Title: Preparing and operating telescopic handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to lift,
transfer and place loads using
telescopic handlers to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for,
lifting, transferring and placing loads using telescopic
handlers:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, lifting, transferring and setting
down.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, set up and operate telescopic handlers to lift,
transfer and place a variety of loads to given working
instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure telescopic handlers.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the telescopic handler for the
lifting and transferring operation
– identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection and
thorough examination
– lift and transfer people
– carry out function checks for lifting and transferring loads
– prepare, set up and reconfigure for various loads and locations
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify characteristics, type, weight and position of loads for
lifting and transferring
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– secure and balance loads for lifting
– lift, remove and transfer loads
– position, place and set down loads
– confirm load stability, security and release
– attach and remove guide ropes and aids
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the telescopic handler
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– use, handle and store lifting accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and lifting and transferring loads.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to lift and
transfer loads.
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Title: Preparing and operating telescopic handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Telescopic handler industrial telescope
Telescopic handler up to 9 metres
Telescopic handler all sizes
Telescopic handler all sizes excluding 360 degree
Telescopic handler all sizes including 360 degree
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 25
Unit guided learning
hours
83
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Preparing and operating lorry loaders or knuckle booms to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Unit Number: D/508/6484
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of lorry
loaders/knuckle booms to lift,
transfer and place loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, method statements, lift plans, risk
assessments and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of lorry
loaders/knuckle boom to lift and transfer loads.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which lifting operations using
lorry loaders/knuckle booms
are to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during lifting
operations with lorry loaders/knuckle boom.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when lifting and
transferring loads using lorry
loaders/knuckle booms.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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Title: Preparing and operating lorry loaders or knuckle booms to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
lifting operations using lorry
loaders/knuckle booms.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during lifting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out lifting operations using lorry
loaders/knuckle booms in relation to two or more of the
following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use and storage of lifting accessories
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to lorry loader/knuckle boom use, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out lifting operations
using lorry loaders/knuckle
booms.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with lorry
loaders/knuckle booms in relation to consumables, materials,
tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and lifting accessories
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
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Title: Preparing and operating lorry loaders or knuckle booms to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, bearing, pressure, quantity,
length and area associated with the method/procedures to
carry out lifting operations with lorry loaders/knuckle booms.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
lifting and transferring loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and lifting and transferring
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Preparing and operating lorry loaders or knuckle booms to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to lift,
transfer and place loads using
lorry loaders/knuckle booms
to the required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for,
lifting, transferring and placing loads using lorry
loaders/knuckle booms:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, lifting, transferring and setting
down.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, set up and operate lorry loaders/knuckle booms to
lift, transfer and place a variety of loads to given working
instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure lorry loaders/knuckle booms.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the lorry loader/knuckle boom for
the lifting and transferring operation
– identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection and
thorough examination
– lift and transfer people
– carry out function checks for lifting and transferring loads
– prepare, set up and reconfigure for various loads and locations
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify characteristics, type, weight and position of loads for
lifting and transferring
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– secure and balance loads for lifting
– lift, remove and transfer loads
– position, place and set down loads
– confirm load stability, security and release
– attach and remove guide ropes and aids
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the lorry loader/knuckle boom
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– use, handle and store lifting accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and lifting and transferring loads.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to lift and
transfer loads.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Preparing and operating lorry loaders or knuckle booms to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 30
Unit guided learning hours 100
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
55
Title: Preparing and operating trailer-mounted concrete pumps to receive, pump and
discharge materials in the workplace
Unit Number: H/508/6504
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of
concrete pumps to carry out
pumping and discharging
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of trailermounted concrete pumps.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which pumping and
discharging operations using
concrete pumps are to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
concrete pumping operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
pumping and discharging
operations using concrete
pumps.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
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Title: Preparing and operating trailer-mounted concrete pumps to receive, pump and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
pumping operations using
concrete pumps.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during concrete pumping operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out pumping operations using
trailer-mounted concrete pumps in relation to two or more of
the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to concrete pump use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out pumping
operations using concrete
pumps.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with concrete pumps
in relation to consumables, materials, tools, ancillary
equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments, pumping and discharging aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
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Title: Preparing and operating trailer-mounted concrete pumps to receive, pump and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, pressure, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
concrete pumping operations.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
pumping materials using
concrete pumps.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and pumping and
discharging materials using
concrete pumps.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Title: Preparing and operating trailer-mounted concrete pumps to receive, pump and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
receive, pump and discharge
materials using concrete
pumps to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
pumping and discharging materials using concrete pumps:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, receiving, depositing, pumping, discharging
and cleaning.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare to, position, set up and operate trailer-mounted
concrete pumps to receive, pump and discharge materials, at
various locations, to given working instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure concrete pumps.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the concrete pump used for
pumping and discharging work
– carry out function checks to receive, pump and discharge
materials
– identify characteristics, type and volume of loads to
receive, pump and discharge
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– identify the area for pumping
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– receive, pump and discharge materials safely and
securely
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the concrete pump
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out pumping and discharging operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools and ancillary equipment used pumping and discharging
operations.
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Title: Preparing and operating trailer-mounted concrete pumps to receive, pump
and discharge materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 18
Unit guided learning hours 60
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Title: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
Unit Number: A/508/6525
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation for and the
slinging and signalling of loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments, method
statements (lift plans) and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, lift plans, work instructions,
manufacturers’ information, approved procedures and
Codes of Practice.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which the slinging and
signalling of loads is to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and when
slinging and signalling of loads.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance to carry out slinging
and signalling of loads.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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Title: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and slinging and
signalling loads.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
when slinging and signalling loads.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out the slinging and signalling of
loads in relation to at least three of the following:
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use, storage and handling of lifting accessories
– safe use of access equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to slinging and signalling of loads, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Select the required quantity
and quality of resources to
prepare for and when slinging
and signalling loads.
5.1 Select resources associated with slinging/signalling in relation
to lifting accessories/aids, hand tools and ancillary
equipment.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– lifting accessories
– signalling and communication equipment
– hand tools and ancillary equipment.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly, and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
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Title: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out
slinging/signalling.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
slinging and signalling loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and slinging and signalling
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Title: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
prepare to and sling and signal
suspended loads for
movement to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing to and
slinging and signalling loads:
– measuring, gauging, estimating, calculating, fitting, fixing,
testing, balancing, interpreting, inspecting, judging,
explaining, preparing, indicating, informing, instructing,
signing, positioning, adjusting, configuring, moving,
securing, signalling and relaying.
8.2 Use and maintain lifting accessories, lifting aids and
equipment.
8.3 Inspect and prepare lifting accessories prior to slinging.
8.4 Prepare to and attach suspended loads to lifting equipment,
using appropriate lifting accessories and load securing
methods, to given working instructions for three of the
following:
– balanced
– unbalanced
– loose
– bundled
– container
– drum
– a load where the machine operator cannot observe its full
movement path.
8.5 Guide, move and place suspended loads to specified
destinations, using hand signals, to given working instructions
for three of the following:
– balanced
– unbalanced
– loose
– bundled
– container
– drum
– a load where the machine operator cannot observe its full
movement path.
8.6 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the differences between: slinging and signalling,
directing and guiding movement of vehicles, plant and
machinery, and directing and guiding operations of plant and
machinery not being used for lifting operations
– confirm the authority, duties and responsibilities allocated
– identify characteristics of lifting equipment and lifting
accessories
– identify and interpret valid certification for maintenance,
inspection and thorough examination
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Title: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Continued 8.7 – lift and transfer people
– sling balanced, unbalanced, loose, live, bundled,
container drum loads and loads that are blind to the
equipment operator
– communicate using hand signals, hand signalling
equipment (lights, wands, fluorescent gloves, flags) and
electronic communication equipment (loud hailers,
radios)
– confirm methods of communication
– recognise blind-spots, potential crush zones and other
limitations to driver visibility
– consider the load characteristics including centre of
gravity and lifting points to determine the method of
slinging
– determine and check the route of the load before and
during the lift including distances, clearances and
landing position
8.8 – select, handle, inspect and use (assemble, set up and
adjust) lifting accessories and aids
– identify rejection criteria for removing lifting accessories
from service
– recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– attach lifting accessories and sling loads securely
– ensure balance and stability of loads
– attach and use load guidance equipment (tag lines)
– guide and place suspended loads by recognised
methods of communication and agreed operational
procedures
– land and position loads safely and securely
– remove and store lifting accessories
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment.
8.9 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
communicate within a team when preparing to and slinging
and signalling loads.
8.10 Describe how to maintain the lifting accessories, lifting aids
and signalling and communication equipment used to sling
and signal loads.
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Title: Slinging and hand signalling the movement of suspended loads in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience
and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge,
and must use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the
Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within the
relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
The following endorsement required (i.e. own area of work):
Slinger signaller – erector and dismantler only
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 10
Unit guided learning
hours
33
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Title: Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
Unit Number: Y/508/6533
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Comply with given
information when moving,
handling and/or storing
resources.
1.1 Interpret the given information relating to moving,
handling and/or storing resources, relevant to the given
occupation.
1.2 Interpret the given information relating to the use and
storage of lifting aids and equipment.
1.3 Describe the different types of technical, product and
regulatory information, their source and how they are
interpreted.
1.4 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.5 Describe how to obtain information relating to using and
storing lifting aids and equipment.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and
official guidance when
moving, handling and/or
storing resources.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation and
official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, in confined spaces, below ground
level, at height, with tools and equipment, with
materials and substances, with movement/storage of
materials and by manual handling and mechanical
lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
2.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and
who is responsible for making the reports.
2.4 State the appropriate types of fire extinguishers relevant
to the work.
2.5 Describe how and when the different types of fire
extinguishers, relevant to the given occupation, are used in
accordance with legislation and official guidance.
3 Maintain safe working
practices when moving,
handling and/or storing
resources.
3.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely to carry
out the activity in accordance with legislation and
organisational requirements when moving, handling
and/or storing resources.
3.2 Use lifting aids safely as appropriate to the work.
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Title: Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 continued 3.3 Protect the environment in accordance with safe
working practices as appropriate to the work.
3.4 Explain why and when health and safety control
equipment, identified by the principles of protection,
should be used, relating to moving, handling and/or
storing resources, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation,
occupational use and the general work environment, in
relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
3.5 Describe how the health and safety control equipment
relevant to the work should be used in accordance with
the given instructions.
3.6 State how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and
personal skills when involved with fires, spillages,
injuries and other task-related hazards.
4 Select the required quantity
and quality of resources for
the methods of work to
move, handle and/or store
occupational resources.
4.1 Select the relevant resources to be moved, handled
and/or stored, associated with own work.
4.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the occupational
resources in relation to:
– lifting and handling aids
– container(s)
– fixing, holding and securing systems.
4.3 Describe how the resources should be handled and how
any problems associated with the resources are
reported.
4.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
4.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the
resources and methods of work.
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Title: Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Prevent the risk of damage
to occupational resources
and surrounding
environment when moving,
handling and/or storing
resources.
5.1 Protect occupational resources and their surrounding area
from damage in accordance with safe working practices and
organisational procedures.
5.2 Dispose of waste and packaging in accordance with
legislation.
5.3 Maintain a clean work space when moving, handling or
storing resources.
5.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
5.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried safely in
accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
6 Complete the work within
the allocated time when
moving, handling and/or
storing resources.
6.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
6.2 State the purpose of the work programme and explain why
deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
7 Comply with the given
occupational resource
information to move,
handle and/or store
resources to the required
guidance.
7.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when moving, handling
and/or storing occupational resources:
– moving, positioning, storing, securing and/or using lifting
aids and kinetic lifting techniques.
7.2 Move, handle and/or store occupational resources to meet
product information and organisational requirements relating
to three of the following:
– sheet material
– loose material
– bagged or wrapped material
– fragile material
– tools and equipment
– components
– liquids.
7.3 Describe how to apply safe work practices, follow procedures,
report problems and establish the authority needed to rectify
them when moving, handling and/or storing occupational
resources.
7.4 Describe the needs of other occupations when moving,
handling and/or storing resources.
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Title: Moving, handling and storing resources in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector Subject Areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 5
Unit guided learning hours 17
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Title: Preparing and operating crawler cranes above 10 tonnes to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
Unit Number: H/508/6566
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of crawler
cranes to lift, transfer and
place loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, method statements, lift plans, risk
assessments and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of crawler cranes to
lift and transfer loads.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which lifting operations using
crawler cranes are to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during lifting
operations with crawler cranes.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when lifting and
transferring loads using
crawler cranes.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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Title: Preparing and operating crawler cranes above 10 tonnes to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
lifting operations using crawler
cranes.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during lifting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out lifting operations using crawler
cranes in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use and storage of lifting accessories
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to crawler crane use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out lifting operations
using crawler cranes.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with crawler cranes
in relation to consumables, materials, tools, ancillary
equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and lifting accessories
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
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Title: Preparing and operating crawler cranes above 10 tonnes to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, bearing, pressure, quantity,
length and area associated with the method/procedures to
carry out lifting operations with crawler cranes.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
lifting and transferring loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and lifting and transferring
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Title: Preparing and operating crawler cranes above 10 tonnes to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to lift,
transfer and place loads using
crawler cranes to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for,
lifting, transferring and placing loads using crawler cranes:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, lifting, transferring and setting
down.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, set up and operate crawler cranes above 10 tonnes
to lift, transfer and place a variety of loads to given working
instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure crawler cranes.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the crane for the lifting and
transferring operation
– identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection and
thorough examination
– lift and transfer people
– carry out function checks for lifting and transferring loads
– prepare,set up and reconfigure for various loads and locations
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify characteristics, type, weight and position of loads for
lifting and transferring
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– secure and balance loads for lifting
– lift, remove and transfer loads
– position, place and set down loads
– confirm load stability, security and release
– attach and remove guide ropes and aids
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the crane
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– use, handle and store lifting accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and lifting and transferring loads.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to lift and
transfer loads.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
74
Title: Preparing and operating crawler cranes above 10 tonnes to lift and transfer
loads in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 80
Unit guided learning hours 265
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
75
Title: Preparing and operating mobile cranes to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Unit Number: M/508/6568
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of mobile
cranes to lift, transfer and
place loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, method statements, lift plans, risk
assessments and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of mobile cranes to
lift and transfer loads.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which lifting operations using
mobile cranes are to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during lifting
operations with mobile cranes.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when lifting and
transferring loads using mobile
cranes.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
76
Title: Preparing and operating mobile cranes to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
lifting operations using mobile
cranes.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during lifting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out lifting operations using mobile
cranes in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use and storage of lifting accessories
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to mobile crane use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out lifting operations
using mobile cranes.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with mobile cranes
in relation to consumables, materials, tools, ancillary
equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and lifting accessories
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
77
Title: Preparing and operating mobile cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, bearing, pressure, quantity,
length and area associated with the method/procedures to
carry out lifting operations with mobile cranes.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
lifting and transferring loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and lifting and transferring
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
78
Title: Preparing and operating mobile cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to lift,
transfer and place loads using
mobile cranes to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for,
lifting, transferring and placing loads using mobile cranes:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, lifting, transferring and setting
down.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, set up and operate mobile cranes to lift, transfer and
place a variety of loads to given working instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure mobile cranes.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the crane for the lifting and
transferring operation
– identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection
and thorough examination
– lift and transfer people
– carry out function checks for lifting and transferring loads
– prepare, set up and reconfigure for various loads and
locations
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– identify characteristics, type, weight and position of loads
for lifting and transferring
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– secure and balance loads for lifting
– lift, remove and transfer loads
– position, place and set down loads
– confirm load stability, security and release
– attach and remove guide ropes and aids
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the crane
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– use, handle and store lifting accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and lifting and transferring loads.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to lift and
transfer loads.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
79
Title: Preparing and operating mobile cranes to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Mobile crane blocked duties
Mobile crane pick and carry duties only
Mobile crane all duties
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 95
Unit guided learning
hours
317
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
80
Title: Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground
and loose materials in the workplace
Unit Number: M/508/6571
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of 180
degree excavators for
extracting and excavating
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of 180
degree excavators for extraction and excavation work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which extracting and
excavating operations using
180 degree excavators are to
be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
extracting and excavating operations using 180 degree
excavators.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
extracting and excavating
operations using 180 degree
excavators.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
81
Title: Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground
and loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
extracting and excavating
operations using 180 degree
excavators.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during extracting and excavating operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out extracting and excavating
operations using 180 degree excavators in relation to two or
more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to 180 degree excavator use, and the types, purpose
and limitations of each type, the work situation and general
work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out extracting and
excavating operations using
180 degree excavators.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with 180 degree
excavators in relation to consumables, materials,
attachments, tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and extraction/excavation aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
82
Title: Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground
and loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out
extracting and excavating operations using 180 degree
excavators.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
extracting and excavating
materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and extracting and
excavating materials.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
83
Title: Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground
and loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
extract materials using 180
degree excavators to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
extracting and excavating loose materials and ground using
180 degree excavators:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, extracting, excavating, forming, removing
and loading.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, position, set up and operate 180 degree excavators
to given working instructions
– extract loose materials and/or different types of ground
– load and/or stockpile loose materials and ground
– excavate different types of ground.
8.4 Shut down and secure 180 degree excavators.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the 180 degree excavator
used for the extraction and excavation operation
– carry out function checks for the extraction and
excavation operation
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– identify the area to be extracted/excavated
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– identify geological, environmental and material changes
and report
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– extract, excavate, remove and load materials safely and
securely
– form stockpiles
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure 180 degree excavator
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
84
Title: Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground
and loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Continued 8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out extracting and excavating operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to extract
and excavate materials.
Title: Preparing and operating 180 degree excavators to extract and excavate ground and
loose materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance with the
ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the
Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a
sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge, and must
use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within the
relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction:
One of the following endorsements is required:
Excavator 180 degree wheeled below 5 tonne
Excavator 180 degree wheeled above 5 tonne
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 80
Unit guided learning
hours
266
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
85
Title: Preparing and operating tracked loading shovels to extract ground and loose
materials in the workplace
Unit Number: T/508/6572
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of tracked
loading shovels for extracting
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of tracked
loading shovels for extraction work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which extracting operations
using tracked loading shovels
are to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
extracting operations using tracked loading shovels.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
extracting operations using
tracked loading shovels.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
86
Title: Preparing and operating tracked loading shovels to extract ground and loose
materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
extracting operations using
tracked loading shovels.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during extracting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out extracting operations using
tracked loading shovels in relation to two or more of the
following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to tracked loading shovel use, and the types, purpose
and limitations of each type, the work situation and general
work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out extracting
operations using tracked
loading shovels.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with tracked loading
shovels in relation to consumables, materials, attachments,
tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and extraction aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
87
Title: Preparing and operating tracked loading shovels to extract ground and loose
materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, pressure, quantity, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
extracting operations using tracked loading shovels.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
extracting materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and extracting materials.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
88
Title: Preparing and operating tracked loading shovels to extract ground and loose
materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
extract materials using tracked
loading shovels to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
extracting loose materials and ground using tracked loading
shovels:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, extracting, forming, removing and loading.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, position, set up and operate tracked loading shovels
to given working instructions
– extract ground, face and/or loose materials
– load and/or stockpile loose materials.
8.4 Shut down and secure tracked loading shovels.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the tracked loading shovel
used for the extraction operation
– carry out function checks for the extraction operation
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– identify the area to be extracted
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– identify geological, environmental and material changes
and report
8.6 – check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– extract, remove and load materials safely and securely
– form stockpiles
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the tracked loading shovel
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out extracting operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to extract
materials.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
89
Title: Preparing and operating tracked loading shovels to extract ground and loose
materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 80
Unit guided learning hours 266
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
90
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to extract ground, face and/or
loose materials in the workplace
Unit Number: J/508/6575
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of 360
degree excavators for
extracting operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of 360
degree excavators for extraction work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which extracting operations
using 360 degree excavators
are to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
extracting operations using 360 degree excavators.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
extracting operations using
360 degree excavators.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
91
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to extract ground, face and/or
loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
extracting operations using
360 degree excavators.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during extracting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out extracting operations using 360
degree excavators in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to 360 degree excavators use, and the types, purpose
and limitations of each type, the work situation and general
work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out extracting
operations using 360 degree
excavators.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with 360 degree
excavators in relation to consumables, materials,
attachments, tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and extraction aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
92
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to extract ground, face and/or
loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out
extracting operations using 360 degree excavators.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
extracting materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and extracting materials.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
93
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to extract ground, face and/or
loose materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
extract materials using 360
degree excavators to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
extracting ground and/or loose materials using 360 degree
excavators:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, extracting, forming, removing and loading.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, position, set up and operate 360 degree excavators
to given working instructions
– extract from a face, loose materials and/or ground
– load and/or stockpile extracted loose materials.
8.4 Shut down and secure 360 degree excavators.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed to
rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the 360 degree excavator used
for the extraction operation
– carry out function checks for the extraction operation
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– identify the area to be extracted
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify geological, environmental and material changes and
report
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– extract, remove and load materials and commodities safely and
securely
– form stockpiles
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the 360 degree excavator
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out extracting operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to extract
materials.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
94
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to extract ground, face
and/or loose materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Excavator 360 degree below 10 tonne tracked
Excavator 360 degree below 10 tonne wheeled
Excavator 360 degree above 10 tonne tracked
Excavator 360 degree above 10 tonne wheeled
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 80
Unit guided learning
hours
266
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
95
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplace
Unit Number: Y/508/6578
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of 360
degree excavators to carry out
excavating operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of 360
degree excavators for excavation work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which excavating operations
using 360 degree excavators
are to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
excavating operations using 360 degree excavators.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
excavating operations using
360 degree excavators.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
96
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
excavating operations using
360 degree excavators.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during excavating operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out excavating operations using 360
degree excavators in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to 360 degree excavator use, and the types, purpose
and limitations of each type, the work situation and general
work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out excavating
operations using 360 degree
excavators.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with 360 degree
excavators in relation to consumables, materials,
attachments, tools and ancillary equipment.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and excavation aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
97
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify quantity, weight, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out
excavating operations using 360 degree excavators.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
excavating materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and excavating materials.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
98
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
excavate materials using 360
degree excavators to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
excavating ground using 360 degree excavators:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, excavating, measuring and
removing.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, position, set up and operate 360 degree excavators
to given working instructions to:
– excavate a variety of ground
– load or stockpile excavated loose materials.
8.4 Shut down and secure 360 degree excavators.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the 360 degree excavator
used for excavating operations
– carry out function checks for excavation work
– identify the area to be excavated
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– identify geological, environmental and material changes
and report
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– excavate accurately to line and level
– form stockpiles
– use equipment to gauge and measure
– be on the public highway
– excavate, remove and load materials safely and securely
– shut down and secure the 360 degree excavator
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and carrying out excavating operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to excavate
materials.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
99
Title: Preparing and operating 360 degree excavators to excavate ground in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidelines This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Excavator 360 degree below 10 tonne tracked
Excavator 360 degree below 10 tonne wheeled
Excavator 360 degree above 10 tonne tracked
Excavator 360 degree above 10 tonne wheeled
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 80
Unit guided learning
hours
266
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
100
Title: Preparing and operating truck-mounted boom concrete pumps to receive, pump
and discharge materials in the workplace
Unit Number: H/508/6583
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of
concrete pumps to carry out
pumping and discharging
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of truckmounted boom concrete pumps.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which pumping and
discharging operations using
concrete pumps are to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
concrete pumping operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
pumping and discharging
operations using concrete
pumps.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
101
Title: Preparing and operating truck-mounted boom concrete pumps to receive, pump
and discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
pumping operations using
concrete pumps.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during concrete pumping operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out pumping operations using
truck-mounted boom concrete pumps in relation to two or
more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to concrete pump use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out pumping
operations using concrete
pumps.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with concrete pumps
in relation to consumables, materials, tools, ancillary
equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and load coverings
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
102
Title: Preparing and operating truck-mounted boom concrete pumps to receive, pump
and discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, pressure, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
concrete pumping operations.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
pumping materials using
concrete pumps.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and pumping and
discharging materials using
concrete pumps.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
103
Title: Preparing and operating truck-mounted boom concrete pumps to receive, pump
and discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
receive, pump and discharge
materials using concrete
pumps to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
pumping and discharging materials using concrete pumps:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, receiving, depositing, pumping, discharging
and cleaning.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare to, position, set up and operate truck-mounted
boom concrete pumps to receive, pump and discharge
materials, at various locations, to given working instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure concrete pumps.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the concrete pump used for
pumping and discharging work
– carry out function checks to receive, pump and discharge
materials
– identify characteristics, type and volume of loads to
receive, pump and discharge
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– identify the area for pumping
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– receive, and pump and discharge materials safely and
securely
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the concrete pump
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out pumping and discharging operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools and ancillary equipment used pumping and discharging
operations.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
104
Title: Preparing and operating truck-mounted boom concrete pumps to receive,
pump and discharge materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared units
Unit Credit value 70
Unit guided learning hours 233
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
105
Title: Preparing and operating powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment in the workplace
Unit Number: A/508/6587
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of
powered units, tools or
pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments, operating
instructions and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, legislation, Codes of Practice,
manufacturers’ information and operating instructions.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance to prepare and use
powered units, tools or
pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
2.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
2.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
106
Title: Preparing and operating powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and using
powered units, tools or
pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment.
3.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
when using powered units, tools or pedestrian plant,
machinery or equipment
3.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when using powered units, tools or pedestrian
plant, machinery or equipment in relation to two or more of
the following:
– safe use of access equipment
– safe handling of materials
– safe use and storage of materials, tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
3.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to powered units, tools or pedestrian plant,
machinery or equipment use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
3.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
3.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
4 Select the required quantity
and quality of resources to
prepare for and sustain
powered units, tools or
pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment.
4.1 Select resources associated with the type of work in relation
to fuel/power source, lubricants and consumables.
4.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– power source/fuels
– consumables, lubricants.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
107
Title: Preparing and operating powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Continued 4.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
4.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
4.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
4.6 Describe how to identify quantity, length, area and wastage
associated with the method/procedures to operate powered
units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment.
5 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
using powered units, tools or
pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment.
5.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage. in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures
5.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
5.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
5.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
5.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
6 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and using powered units,
tools or pedestrian plant,
machinery or equipment.
6.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
6.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Title: Preparing and operating powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or
equipment in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
7 Comply with the given
contract information to
operate powered units, tools
or pedestrian plant, machinery
or equipment to the required
specification.
7.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when using powered
units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery or equipment:
– starting, stopping, replenishing, controlling and cleaning.
7.2 Use and maintain powered units, tools and ancillary
equipment.
7.3 Operate and monitor powered units and tools or pedestrian
plant, machinery or associated equipment to given working
instructions relating to:
– continual running
– closing down
– cleaning.
7.4 Return powered unit, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery
or equipment to a safe operational condition on completion
of work.
7.5 Disassemble and/or clean powered unit, tools or pedestrian
plant, machinery or equipment.
7.6 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices,
follow procedures, report problems and establish authority
needed to rectify, to:
– prepare, position and set up for work
– secure accessories and tool attachments
– carry out pre-use and function checks to manufacturers’ and
suppliers’ information/ and procedures
– complete pre-start and post stop checks
– recognise the characteristics of the plant, machinery and
equipment
– identify specific operating and safety requirements for the
task and work
– recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
7.7 – operate, use and control
– monitor and maintain
– replenish consumables
– close down and secure
– disassemble and clean
– use access equipment
– transport and store.
7.8 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and using powered units, tools or pedestrian plant,
machinery or equipment.
7.9 Describe how to maintain the hand tools, portable power
tools, powered units, pedestrian plant, machinery and
ancillary equipment used for the work.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
109
Title: Preparing and operating powered units, tools or pedestrian plant, machinery
or equipment in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge and must use a combination of assessment methods as
defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Generators
Pumps
Pedestrian operated plant or machines
Mixers
Compressors
Self powered tools
Sector subject area 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 7
Unit guided learning
hours
23
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
110
Title: Erecting and dismantling plant (cranes and rigs) in the workplace
Unit Number: F/508/6588
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to
erecting and dismantling
plant.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments and manufacturers’ information.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which erecting and
dismantling operations are to
be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
erecting and dismantling operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when erecting and
dismantling plant.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
111
Title: Erecting and dismantling plant (cranes and rigs) in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
carrying out erecting and
dismantling of plant.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during erecting and dismantling operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out erecting and dismantling of
plant in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use of access equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to erecting and dismantling plant, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to carry out
erecting and dismantling of
plant.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with the work in
relation to consumables, materials, attachments, tools, and
ancillary equipment.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– plant
– hand and/or powered tools and equipment.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
112
Title: Erecting and dismantling plant (cranes and rigs) in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, pressure, quantity, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
the work.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when erecting and
dismantling plant.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when erecting
and dismantling plant.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
113
Title: Erecting and dismantling plant (cranes and rigs) in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to erect
and dismantle plant to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when erecting and
dismantling plant:
– unloading, loading, siting, measuring, marking out, laying
out, aligning, fitting, positioning, connecting, configuring,
dismantling, removing, adjusting, securing, checking and
inspecting.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, portable power tools, ancillary
equipment and machinery.
8.3 Prepare, erect and dismantle plant to given working
instructions of one or more of the following:
– mobile crane
– mobile tower crane
– crawler crane
– self-erect equipment
– drilling rig
– piling rig
– demolition rig.
8.4 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– erect and dismantle one or more of the following: mobile
crane, mobile tower crane, crawler crane, self-erect
equipment, drilling rig, piling rig and demolition rig
– consider ground conditions and work area
– fit, fasten and secure equipment
– dismantle and remove equipment
– recognise the requirements for controlling, directing and
guiding the movement and operations of plant and
machinery
8.5 – identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection
and thorough examination
– recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– complete function checks
– use access equipment
– use hand tools, power tools, plant and equipment
– record and report.
8.6 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and erecting and dismantling plant.
8.7 Describe how to maintain the hand tools, portable power
tools, plant and ancillary equipment used to erect and
dismantle plant.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
114
Title: Erecting and dismantling plant (cranes and rigs) in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within
the relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Mobile crane
Crawler crane
Mobile tower crane
Self-erect equipment
Piling rig
Demolition rig
Drilling rig
Sector subject area 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 36
Unit guided learning
hours
130
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
115
Title: Preparing and operating wheeled loading shovels to extract loose materials in
the workplace
Unit Number: D/508/6498
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of
wheeled loading shovels for
extracting operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of wheeled
loading shovels for extraction work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which extracting operations
using wheeled loading shovels
are to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
extracting operations using wheeled loading shovels.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
extracting operations using
wheeled loading shovels.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
116
Title: Preparing and operating wheeled loading shovels to extract loose materials in
the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
extracting operations using
wheeled loading shovels.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during extracting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out extracting operations using
wheeled loading shovels in relation to two or more of the
following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to wheeled loading shovel use, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out extracting
operations using wheeled
loading shovels.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with wheeled
loading shovels in relation to consumables, materials,
attachments, tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and extraction aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
117
Title: Preparing and operating wheeled loading shovels to extract loose materials in
the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, pressure, quantity, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
extracting operations using wheeled loading shovels.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
extracting materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and extracting materials.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
118
Title: Preparing and operating wheeled loading shovels to extract loose materials in
the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
extract materials using
wheeled loading shovels to
the required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
extracting loose materials using wheeled loading shovels:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, extracting, forming, removing and loading.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, position, set up and operate wheeled loading
shovels to given working instructions to:
– extract loose materials
– load and/or stockpile loose materials.
8.4 Shut down and secure wheeled loading shovels.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the wheeled loading shovel used
for the extraction operation
– carry out function checks for the extraction operation
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– identify the area to be extracted
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify geological, environmental and material changes and
report
8.6 – check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– extract, remove and load materials safely and securely
– form stockpiles
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the wheeled loading shovel
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out extracting operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to extract
materials.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
119
Title: Preparing and operating wheeled loading shovels to extract loose materials in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 26
Unit guided learning hours 87
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
120
Title: Preparing and operating rough terrain masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Unit Number: M/508/6490
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of rough
terrain masted forklifts to lift,
transfer and place loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, method statements, lift plans, risk
assessments and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of rough terrain
masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which rough terrain masted
forklift operations are to be
carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
forklift operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when lifting and
transferring loads with rough
terrain masted forklifts.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
121
Title: Preparing and operating rough terrain masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
forklift operations with rough
terrain masted forklifts.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during forklift operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out forklift operations using rough
terrain masted forklifts in relation to two or more of the
following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use and storage of lifting accessories
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to rough terrain masted forklift use, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out forklift
operations using rough terrain
masted forklifts.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with rough terrain
masted forklifts in relation to consumables, materials, tools,
ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and lifting accessories
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
122
Title: Preparing and operating rough terrain masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out forklift
operations with rough terrain masted forklifts.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
lifting and transferring loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and lifting and transferring
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
123
Title: Preparing and operating rough terrain masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads
in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to lift,
transfer and place loads using
rough terrain masted forklifts
to the required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for,
lifting, transferring and placing loads using rough terrain
masted forklifts:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, lifting, transferring and setting
down.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare and operate rough terrain masted forklifts to lift,
transfer and place a variety of loads to given working
instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure rough terrain masted forklifts.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the machine for the forklift
operation
– identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection and
thorough examination
– lift and transfer people
– carry out function checks for lifting and transferring loads
– prepare, set up and reconfigure for various loads and locations
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify characteristics, type, weight and position of loads for
lifting and transferring
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– secure and balance loads for lifting
– lift, remove and transfer loads
– position, place and set down loads
– confirm load stability, security and release
– attach and remove guide ropes and aids
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the rough terrain masted forklift
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– use, handle and store lifting accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and lifting and transferring loads.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to lift and
transfer loads.
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Title: Preparing and operating rough terrain masted forklifts to lift and transfer loads in
the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 18
Unit guided learning hours 60
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
125
Title: Preparing and operating skid steer loaders to extract loose materials in the
workplace
Unit Number: H/508/6499
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of skid
steer loaders for extracting
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of skid steer
loaders for extraction work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which extracting operations
using skid steer loaders are to
be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
extracting operations using skid steer loaders.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
extracting operations using
skid steer loaders.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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Title: Preparing and operating skid steer loaders to extract loose materials in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
extracting operations using
skid steer loaders.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during extracting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out extracting operations using skid
steer loaders in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to skid steer loader use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out extracting
operations using skid steer
loaders.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with skid steer
loaders in relation to consumables, materials, attachments,
tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and extraction aids
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
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127
Title: Preparing and operating skid steer loaders to extract loose materials in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out
extracting operations using skid steer loaders.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
extracting materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and extracting materials.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
128
Title: Preparing and operating skid steer loaders to extract loose materials in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
extract materials using skid
steer loaders to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
extracting loose materials using skid steer loaders:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, extracting, forming, removing and loading.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, position, set up and operate skid steer loaders to
given working instructions
– extract loose materials
– load and/or stockpile loose materials.
8.4 Shut down and secure skid steer loaders.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the skid steer loader used for the
extraction operation
– carry out function checks for the extraction operation
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– identify the area to be extracted
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions, stability,
safety and security of the work and surrounding area
– identify geological, environmental and material changes and
report
8.6 – check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– recognise and determine when specific skills and knowledge
are required and report accordingly
– extract, remove and load materials safely and securely
– form stockpiles
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the skid steer loader
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out extracting operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to extract
materials.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
129
Title: Preparing and operating skid steer loaders to extract loose materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise
and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment methods
as defined in the Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 20
Unit guided learning hours 67
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
130
Title: Preparing and operating skip handlers to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Unit Number: H/508/6485
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of skip
handlers to lift, transfer and
place loads.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, method statements, lift plans, risk
assessments and manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of skip handlers to
lift and transfer loads.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which lifting operations using
skip handlers are to be carried
out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during lifting
operations with skip handlers.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when lifting and
transferring loads using skip
handlers.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
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131
Title: Preparing and operating skip handlers to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
lifting operations using skip
handlers.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during lifting operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out lifting operations using skip
handlers in relation to two or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– safe use and storage of lifting accessories
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to skip handler use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out lifting operations
using skip handlers.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with skip handlers in
relation to consumables, materials, tools, ancillary equipment
and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and lifting accessories
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
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132
Title: Preparing and operating skip handlers to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and method of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, pressure, quantity, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
lifting operations with skip handlers.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
lifting and transferring loads.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and lifting and transferring
loads.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
133
Title: Preparing and operating skip handlers to lift and transfer loads in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to lift,
transfer and place loads using
skip handlers to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for,
lifting, transferring and placing loads using skip handlers:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, operating,
manoeuvring, positioning, lifting, transferring and setting
down.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare, set up and operate skip handlers to lift, transfer and
place a variety of loads to given working instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure skip handlers.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the skip handler for the
lifting and transferring operation
– identify valid certification for maintenance, inspection
and thorough examination
– lift and transfer people
– carry out function checks for lifting and transferring loads
– prepare, set up and reconfigure for various loads and
locations
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– identify characteristics, type, weight and position of loads
for lifting and transferring
8.6 – recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– secure and balance loads for lifting
– lift, remove and transfer loads
– position, place and set down loads
– confirm load stability, security and release
– attach and remove guide ropes and aids
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the skip handler.
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment
– use, handle and store lifting accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing for
and lifting and transferring loads.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and accessories used to lift and
transfer loads.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
134
Title: Preparing and operating skip handlers to lift and transfer loads in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in
accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated
Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built
Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry
experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational
expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of
assessment methods as defined in the Consolidated
Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit credit value 18
Unit guided learning hours 60
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
135
Title: Preparing and operating forward tipping dumpers to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Unit Number: R/508/6501
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of
forward tipping dumpers to
carry out transporting and
discharging operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of forward
tipping dumpers.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which transporting and
discharging operations using
forward tipping dumpers are
to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
transporting and discharging operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
transporting and discharging
operations using forward
tipping dumpers.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
136
Title: Preparing and operating forward tipping dumpers to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
transporting and discharging
operations using forward
tipping dumpers.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during transporting and discharging operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out transporting and discharging
operations using forward tipping dumpers in relation to two
or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to forward tipping dumper use, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out transporting and
discharging operations using
forward tipping dumpers.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with forward tipping
dumpers in relation to consumables, materials, tools,
ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and load coverings
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
137
Title: Preparing and operating forward tipping dumpers to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the
resources and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, pressure, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry
out transporting and discharging operations.
6 Minimise the risk of damage to
the work and surrounding area
when preparing to and
transporting and discharging
materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the
purpose of protection in relation to general workplace
activities, other occupations and adverse weather
conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out
safely in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and transporting and
discharging materials using
forward tipping dumpers.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated
times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
138
Title: Preparing and operating forward tipping dumpers to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
receive, transport and
discharge materials using
forward tipping dumpers to
the required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
transporting and discharging materials using forward tipping
dumpers:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, receiving, depositing, transporting,
discharging and cleaning.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare to, position, set up and operate forward tipping
dumpers to receive, transport and discharge loads to given
working instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure forward tipping dumpers.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the forward tipping
dumpers used for transporting and discharging work
– carry out function checks to receive, transport and
discharge loads
– identify characteristics, type and volume of loads to
receive and transport
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
8.6 – identify the area for discharging
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– receive, transport and discharge materials safely and
securely
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the forward tipping dumper
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out transporting and discharging operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools and ancillary equipment used for transporting and
discharging operations.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
139
Title: Preparing and operating forward tipping dumpers to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience
and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge,
and must use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the
Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within the
relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Forward tipping dumper wheeled
Forward tipping dumper tracked
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 16
Unit guided learning
hours
53
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
140
Title: Preparing and operating rear tipping dump trucks to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Unit Number: Y/508/6502
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the
preparation and use of rear
tipping dump trucks to carry
out transporting and
discharging operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information, and
current regulations governing the operation of rear
tipping dump trucks.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which transporting and
discharging operations using
rear tipping dump trucks are
to be carried out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during
transporting and discharging operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
transporting and discharging
operations using rear tipping
dump trucks.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
141
Title: Preparing and operating rear tipping dump trucks to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
preparing for and carrying out
transporting and discharging
operations using rear tipping
dump trucks.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during transporting and discharging operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out transporting and discharging
operations using rear tipping dump trucks in relation to two
or more of the following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of protection, should be used,
relating to rear tipping dump truck use, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type, the work situation and
general work environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to prepare for
and carry out transporting and
discharging operations using
rear tipping dump trucks.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with rear tipping
dump trucks in relation to consumables, materials, tools,
ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and load coverings
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
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Title: Preparing and operating rear tipping dump trucks to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 Continued 5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, pressure, length
and area associated with the method/procedures to carry out
transporting and discharging operations.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when preparing to and
transporting and discharging
materials.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when preparing
to and transporting and
discharging materials using
rear tipping dump trucks.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
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Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
143
Title: Preparing and operating rear tipping dump trucks to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
receive, transport and
discharge materials using rear
tipping dump trucks to the
required specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
transporting and discharging materials using rear tipping
dump trucks:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, receiving, depositing, transporting,
discharging and cleaning.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Prepare to, position, set up and operate rear tipping dump
trucks to receive, transport and discharge materials to given
working instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure rear tipping dump trucks.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the rear tipping dump
trucks used for transporting and discharging work
– carry out function checks to receive and transport loads
– identify characteristics, type and volume of loads to
receive and transport
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
– recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
8.6 – identify the area for discharging
– check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– receive, transport and discharge materials safely and
securely
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the rear tipping dump truck
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when preparing to
and carrying out transporting and discharging operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools and ancillary equipment used for transporting and
discharging operations.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
144
Title: Preparing and operating rear tipping dump trucks to receive, transport and
discharge materials in the workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment Guidance This unit must be assessed in a work environment and in accordance
with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for
Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience
and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge,
and must use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the
Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within the
relevant NVQ Structure.
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
One of the following endorsements required:
Dump truck – articulated chassis up to 15 tonne
Dump truck – articulated chassis all sizes
Dump truck – rigid chassis up to 15 tonne
Dump truck – rigid chassis up to 50 tonne
Dump truck – rigid chassis all sizes wheeled
Dump truck – rigid chassis tracked
Sector subject areas 5.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Unit Credit value 30
Unit guided learning
hours
100
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
145
Title: Carrying out checks and/or basic maintenance on plant or machinery in the
workplace
Unit Number: F/615/0056
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Work safely at all times when
carrying out checks and/or
basic maintenance on plant or
machinery.
1.1 Comply with current legislation, Approved Codes of Practice
and organisational procedures.
1.2 Use personal protective equipment (PPE) safely to carry out
the activity in accordance with legislation and organisational
requirements when carrying out checks and/or basic
maintenance on plant or machinery.
1.3 Explain why and when personal protective equipment (PPE)
should be used, relating to the carrying out of checks and/or
basic maintenance on plant or machinery, and the types,
purpose and limitations of each type.
1.4 Safely use, store and secure hand tools and ancillary
equipment.
2 Know how to comply with
relevant health and safety
legislation and official guidance
when carrying out checks
and/or basic maintenance on
plant or machinery.
2.1 Describe their responsibilities under current legislation and
official guidance whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, at height, with
tools, plant or machinery and equipment, with materials
and substances, with movement/storage of materials
and by manual handling and mechanical lifting.
2.2 Describe the reasons for devising and complying with risk
and COSHH assessments and how this can encourage safe
working practices.
2.3 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings.
2.4 State what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
2.5 State how hazards and emergencies should be responded to
in accordance with organisational authorisation and
personal skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries
and other task-related hazards.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
146
Title: Carrying out checks and/or basic maintenance on plant or machinery in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
3 Follow the relevant
maintenance schedules for the
required work when carrying
out checks and/or basic
maintenance on plant or
machinery.
3.1 Interpret and extract information from specifications,
schedules, organisational procedures and manufacturers’
information relating to the work being carried out.
3.2 State the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
3.3 Describe different types of checks and maintenance
information, their source and how they are interpreted in
relation to:
– specifications, schedules, manufacturers’ information
and organisational procedures.
3.4 Describe the organisational procedures to solve problems
with the information and why it is important they are
followed.
4 Carry out checks and/or basic
maintenance activities within
the limits of their personal
authority in the specified
sequence and agreed time
scale.
4.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when carrying out
checks and/or basic maintenance on plant or machinery:
– replenishing, replacing, applying, lubricating, cleaning
and securing.
4.2 Carry out operator checks and/or basic maintenance tasks
on standard or specialised plant or machinery to given
working instructions as directed by the employer/
supervisor or authorised person.
4.3 Describe how to follow maintenance authorisation, apply
safe work practices, follow procedures, report problems and
establish the authority and responsibility needed to:
– clean and prepare areas and components for
maintenance
– replenish fuels, lubricants, fluids and coolants
– replace parts
– recycle components
– fit fastening systems, pins, bolts, nuts, washers and
consumable items
– complete functional checks in accordance with equipment
operating and care and control procedures
– complete reports and records
– use hand tools and ancillary equipment.
4.4 Complete the checks and/or basic maintenance activities
within the estimated allocated time and to the required
standards and accuracy.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
147
Title: Carrying out checks and/or basic maintenance on plant or machinery in the
workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Continued 4.5 State the needs of other occupations and how to
communicate within a team when carrying out checks
and/or basic maintenance on plant or machinery.
4.6 Describe how maintain the tools and equipment used when
carrying out checks and/or basic maintenance on plant or
machinery.
5 Report any instances where the
maintenance activities cannot
be fully met or where there are
identified defects outside the
planned schedule when
carrying out checks and/or
basic maintenance on plant or
machinery.
5.1 Report problems and defects beyond their area of
responsibility.
5.2 Describe the different ways that problems with
maintenance procedures and problems associated with
resources can be reported.
6 Complete relevant
maintenance records
accurately and pass them on to
the appropriate person when
carrying out checks and/or
basic maintenance on plant or
machinery.
6.1 Record and report maintenance tasks in accordance with
organisational procedures and manufacturer’s
requirements.
6.2 State the procedure to complete checks and maintenance
records and what the reporting lines and procedures are
within the organisation.
7 Dispose of waste materials in
accordance with safe working
practices and approved
procedures when carrying out
checks and/or basic
maintenance on plant or
machinery.
7.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage.
7.2 Minimise damage and maintain a clean work space.
7.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with legislation.
7.4 Describe what the waste disposal procedures are, and how
and why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
and how it is achieved.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
148
Title: Carrying out checks and/or basic maintenance on plant or machinery in the
workplace
Additional information about this unit
Assessment
Guidance
This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with the
ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and
the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience
and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge,
and must use a combination of assessment methods as defined in the
Consolidated Assessment Strategy.
Workplace evidence of skills cannot be simulated.
This unit must be assessed against the endorsements detailed within the
relevant NVQ Structure,
ProQual Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction):
The following endorsement required (i.e. own area of work):
Piling rig operator
Sector Subject Area 05.2 Building and Construction
Availability for use Shared unit
Credit Value 8
Unit guided learning
hours
26
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ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
149
Title: Operating piling rigs to construct and form in the workplace
Unit Number: J/615/0057
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
1 Interpret the given
information relating to the use
of piling rigs to carry out
constructing and forming
operations.
1.1 Interpret and extract relevant information from drawings,
specifications, schedules, risk assessments and
manufacturers’ information.
1.2 Comply with information and/or instructions derived from
risk assessments and method statements.
1.3 Describe the organisational procedures developed to report
and rectify inappropriate information and unsuitable
resources and how they are implemented.
1.4 Describe different types of information, their source and how
they are interpreted in relation to:
– drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements,
risk assessments, manufacturers’ information and current
regulations governing the operation of piling rigs for
construction and formation work.
2 Organise with others the
sequence and operation in
which constructing and
forming operations using
piling rigs are to be carried
out.
2.1 Organise the work according to given information or
instructions.
2.2 Describe how to communicate ideas between team
members.
2.3 Organise and communicate with team members and other
associated occupations.
2.4 Describe how to organise resources prior to and during piling
operations.
3 Know how to comply with
relevant legislation and official
guidance when carrying out
constructing and forming
operations using piling rigs.
3.1 Describe their responsibilities regarding potential accidents,
health hazards and the environment whilst working:
– in the workplace, below ground level, in confined spaces,
at height, with tools and equipment, with materials and
substances, with movement/storage of materials and by
manual handling and mechanical lifting.
3.2 Describe the organisational security procedures for tools,
equipment and personal belongings in relation to site,
workplace, company and operative.
3.3 Explain what the accident reporting procedures are and who
is responsible for making reports.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
150
Title: Operating piling rigs to construct and form in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
4 Maintain safe and healthy
working practices when
carrying out constructing and
forming operations using
piling rigs.
4.1 Use health and safety control equipment safely and comply
with the methods of work to carry out the activity in
accordance with legislation and organisational requirements
during piling operations.
4.2 Demonstrate compliance with given information and relevant
legislation when carrying out constructing and forming
operations using piling rigs in relation to two or more of the
following:
– safe use and storage of plant or machinery
– safe use and storage of tools and equipment
– specific risks to health.
4.3 Explain why and when health and safety control equipment,
identified by the principles of prevention, should be used,
relating to piling rig use, and the types, purpose and
limitations of each type, the work situation and general work
environment, in relation to:
– collective protective measures
– personal protective equipment (PPE)
– respiratory protective equipment (RPE)
– local exhaust ventilation (LEV).
4.4 Describe how the relevant health and safety control
equipment should be used in accordance with the given
working instructions.
4.5 Describe how emergencies should be responded to in
accordance with organisational authorisation and personal
skills when involved with fires, spillages, injuries and other
task-related activities.
5 Request and select the
required quantity and quality
of resources to carry out
constructing and forming
operations using piling rigs.
5.1 Request and select resources associated with piling rigs in
relation to consumables, materials, tools, ancillary equipment
and/or accessories.
5.2 Describe the characteristics, quality, uses, sustainability,
limitations and defects associated with the resources, and
how they should be used correctly, relating to:
– consumables, lubricants and fuels
– attachments and aids for piling
– hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories.
5.3 Describe how the resources should be used correctly and
how problems associated with the resources are reported.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
151
Title: Operating piling rigs to construct and form in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
5 continued 5.4 Explain why the organisational procedures have been
developed and how they are used for the selection of
required resources.
5.5 Describe any potential hazards associated with the resources
and methods of work.
5.6 Describe how to identify weight, quantity, length and area
associated with the method/procedures to carry out the
piling work.
6 Minimise the risk of damage
to the work and surrounding
area when constructing and
forming with piling rigs.
6.1 Protect the work and its surrounding area from damage in
accordance with safe working practices and organisational
procedures.
6.2 Prevent damage and maintain a clean work space.
6.3 Dispose of waste in accordance with current legislation.
6.4 Describe how to protect work from damage and the purpose
of protection in relation to general workplace activities, other
occupations and adverse weather conditions.
6.5 Explain why the disposal of waste should be carried out safely
in accordance with environmental responsibilities,
organisational procedures, manufacturers’ information,
statutory regulations and official guidance.
7 Complete the work within the
allocated time when carrying
out constructing and forming
operations with piling rigs.
7.1 Demonstrate completion of the work within the allocated
time.
7.2 Describe the purpose of the work programme and describe
why deadlines should be kept in relation to:
– types of progress charts, timetables and estimated times
– organisational procedures for reporting circumstances
which will affect the work programme.
Units – Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
ProQual, October 2016
Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Piling Operations (Construction)
152
Title: Operating piling rigs to construct and form in the workplace
Learning outcomes
The learner will be able to:
Assessment criteria
The learner can:
8 Comply with the given
contract information to
operate piling rigs to construct
and form to the required
specification.
8.1 Demonstrate the following work skills when preparing for and
constructing and forming using piling rigs:
– checking, adjusting, communicating, manoeuvring,
positioning, constructing and forming.
8.2 Use and maintain hand tools, ancillary equipment and/or
accessories.
8.3 Operate piling rigs to construct and form to given working
instructions.
8.4 Shut down and secure piling rigs.
8.5 Describe how to apply safe and healthy work practices, follow
procedures, report problems and establish authority needed
to rectify, to:
– identify the characteristics of the piling rigs used for
construction and formation operations
– carry out function checks for the construction and
formation operation
– identify the area of the construction and formation work
– identify geological, environmental and material changes
and report
– prepare, set up and adjust for operational requirements
– carry out pre-operational checks for obstructions,
stability, safety and security of the work and surrounding
area
8.6 – check to avoid damage to structures and utilities service
apparatus
– carry out construction and formation work
– recognise and determine when specific skills and
knowledge are required and report accordingly
– complete construction and formation work
– be on the public highway
– shut down and secure the piling rig
– use hand tools, ancillary equipment and accessories.
8.7 Describe the needs of other occupations and how to
effectively communicate within a team when carrying out
piling operations.
8.8 Describe how to maintain the plant and machinery, hand
tools, ancillary equipment and/or accessories used to carry
out piling operations.
